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MultiParty Charter distances itself from reports of a Presidential candidate.
The Multi-Party Charter For South Africa has said that it takes note of media reports from the past weekend about conversations between Mr. Roger Jardine and one of the parties to our agreement, especially in light of the latter’s plan to enter politics.
A story in the Sunday Times claims that Jardine has had meetings with leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to discuss the prospect of being the sixth president of a democratic South Africa and the face of the Multi-Party Charter for South Africa.
Point of View with Phemelo Motene spoke to ACDP Leader, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe who confirmed that DA leader John Steenhuisen did meet with Mr Roger Jardine without the mandate of the Multi-Party Charter.
Meshoe warned that should Jardine be considered as a presidential candidate his party will pull out of the charter.
Listen to the full conversation here:
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The MultiParty Charter (or ‘Moonshot Pact’) an alliance of several political parties who hope to govern South Africa after next year’s elections released a statement distancing itself from media reports:
It is fully recognised that every party in the Multi-Party Charter has the autonomous right to engage with and make decisions about their relationship with, different individuals and organisations. Notwithstanding this fact, the Multi-Party Charter For South Africa would like to point out that there have been no discussions relating to a joint presidential candidate for the Charter.
The Charter agreement recognises the individual identity of each party and the imperative for each party to grow its individual electoral support with a view to advancing the prospects of a collective majority for the Charter. It is understood that this requires each party to advance its own offer to the South African people within the context of the agreement.
The Multi-Party Charter would also like to make it clear that any decision to support a joint presidential candidate, either before or after the election, would be based on the merit and mandate of the candidate.
The parties in the Multi-Party Charter For South Africa affirm that our parties are led by leaders who are all capable of providing the leadership needed for a new multi-party coalition to start the work of turning South Africa around.
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